As a Muslim, I do not follow tradition blindlyAs a Muslim, I do not conform to new age views without evaluationAs a Muslim, I am constantly self-reflectingAs a Muslim, I give charity and smile to strangersAs a Muslim, I believe in a non-human, non-gendered, unimaginable God

As a Chinese Muslim, I feel unrecognized and isolated by my fellow Muslim brothers and sistersAs a Chinese Muslim, I feel unrecognized and isolated by the American mediaAs a Chinese Muslim, I feel equally hated by the American mediaAs a Chinese Muslim, I am thankful to have seen so many different perspectives at my ageAs a Chinese Muslim, I feel closer to Allah

As a Muslim artist, I do not have religious ultimatumAs a Muslim artist, I am criticized for not devoting my art to my religion completely and blatantlyAs a Muslim artist, I devote myself instead to universal messages in hopes of reaching a wider audienceAs a Muslim artist, I fully love and indulge in the visual world created for us by GodAs a Muslim artist, I prove people wrong not by shoving my religion in their face, but showing them I am just a person like everyone else

As a Gay Muslim, I believe in love above hate.As a Gay Muslim, I have been through constant, endless torment for simply loving someone.As a Gay Muslim, I have become infinitely more compassionate and understanding to others.As a Gay Muslim, I have found deeper, purer faith in Allah.As a Gay Muslim, I vow to never let my faith put others in danger, I vow to protect others who are bombarded by blind faith.

I just want to congratulate you and, also, thank you for sharing something so personal about yourself and your beliefs. I thank you for being a beautiful human being, and I wish God bless you today and always, as well as your loved ones. And also, I pray for God to help us all love each other, respecting our beliefs, cultures and feelings, as well as help us be better Human Beings everyday.

I don't care if someone is Catholic, Christian Jewish black white yellow purple. I don't like how people treat Muslims at all in fact all those people who judge Muslims can go throw themselves into a bottomless pit! And yes I do see you as you see me, Infact I think Muslims are quite awesome ^o^

Because that's not true at all. What you're referring to is anti-Palestinian propaganda that's been fed to US citizens. You can read more about America and Isreal's war crimes and atrocities here: electronicintifada.net/content…

okay I read the articular and i understand where you are coming from but what concerns me about the subject is the heavy amount of antisemitism from Muslims in my school. I'm not being fed lies I see this it first hand. ps. I hope my last comment didn't come off as rude and I apologize if it did.

Thank you for apologizing, I did read it as rude so I apologize too for being defensive.

But...well this is where it gets tricky. What kind of Muslims are we talking about here? If they're Arab, Palestinian, or generally Middle Eastern, they're technically also Semitic :\You can't call a group of Semitic people anti-Semitic. Historically, the use of antisemitism has been completely hijacked by Jewish voices (especially white, European-descendant Jews in the U.S), and used to silence Muslim voices that speak out against the violence of Israel. If you read the article and know what's going on in Gaza, you'd understand that Arab Muslims have MANY reasons for hating what the Israel has done to them, their families, and their homelands.

And seriously, are these Muslims at your school attacking the Jewish students? Are they threatening them? I highly doubt it.What you're seeing is a manifestation of their anger, but is anger against a genocide really uncalled for?

You ARE being fed lies, the lies that make you think anger and a desire to end genocide is equal to "wanting to destroy Israel and the Jewish people." That sort of bias doesn't come from nowhere.

Go read the book Night by Elie Wiesel and don't tell me that the Jewish people don't deserve a country to call home. it's you people that are trying to take it from them. also hate is never justified so shut the fuck up

I love how you apologize and then tell me to shut the fuck up. Good job letting your true colors show. I thought hate was never justified? Guess not towards Muslims or against logic huh?

Also no one said Jewish people don't deserve their own country, but that doesn't warrant a genocide. Even jews are against what israel is doing. Look up rabbis against zionism. Or watch the news, google search Gaza, it's seriously everywhere right now.

im surrounded by so much hate for your religion and people living here in georgia...v.v if you are still there and have the time, i would love to note you and find out what is the true faith behind all the rumors and media. i have a hard time believing that any "monster" could write what you have written above. it has moved me, and your pride and devotion to your faith is a leading example to all who walk under the watch of some greater force. whatever you choose to do, i wish you luck.

I wanted to thank you for this message, it's probably one of the most heartfelt ones I've never received.If you were still interested, you can still message me to ask about Islam and I'll do my best to answer youThank you again, I appreciate it more than you know